Recovering scraps from the cutting edge: Avant-gardes and the shape of the theater. A flexible theater project for Dallas (Texas)

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dc.contributor.advisorGammard, Elysabeth
dc.creatorWashburn, Niall Quin
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:05:08Z
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:05:08Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.description.abstractAn architecture thesis in two parts: Part I examines the social and technical forces which shaped theater buildings in Europe and the United States. Physical relationships between audience and performer are shown to be central in understanding the changing form of theater buildings. Part II proposes a new model for flexible theater structures. It is a design to house the Dallas Theater Center's alternative performances. The design is informed by historical models and rooted in the imperatives of the audience-performer relationship. This combination historical analysis and design project seeks to critique the methodology of the avant-garde and reconsider the built elements that vanguard theater movements use and discard. The goal is to create a renewable theater building that can workably accommodate urges toward change.
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dc.format.extent114 pp
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dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS ARCH. 1996 WASHBURN
dc.identifier.citationWashburn, Niall Quin. "Recovering scraps from the cutting edge: Avant-gardes and the shape of the theater. A flexible theater project for Dallas (Texas)." (1996) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/14032">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/14032</a>.
dc.identifier.digitalRICE2914
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/14032
dc.language.isoeng
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dc.subjectArchitecture
dc.subjectTheater
dc.subjectArt history
dc.titleRecovering scraps from the cutting edge: Avant-gardes and the shape of the theater. A flexible theater project for Dallas (Texas)
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thesis.degree.departmentArchitecture
thesis.degree.disciplineArchitecture
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Architecture
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